| Enjambment |
Continuing a sentence beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza |
| Assonance |
The same / similar sound used in syllables of words near each other |
| Ballad |
Ancient poem telling a story |
| Couplet |
A pair of lines of verse usually the same length |
| Octet / Octave |
First 8 lines in a sonnet |
| Pentameter |
A line of 10 syllables |
| Quatrain |
A stanza / group of 4 lines usually with alternate rhymes |
| Sonnet |
A 14-line poem |
| Stanza |
Four or more rhymed lines repeated as a unit |
| Verse |
A group of lines in a poem |
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